Raj Panjabi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Raj Panjabi
Occupation	Physician
Date Of Birth	Feb 3, 1981(1981-02-03)
Age	43
Birthplace	Monrovia
Country	Liberia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Raj Panjabi Biography

Raj Panjabi is one of the most popular and richest Physician who was born on February 3, 1981 in Monrovia, Liberia. Panjabi’s grandparents, who fled Sindh Province in Pakistan after the British Partition of India & Pakistan in 1947, settled in Mumbai and Indore, India. Panjabi’s parents immigrated to West Africa a generation later. Panjabi was raised in Monrovia (Liberia) by them. Panjabi was nine years old when civil war broke out in Liberia. His family fled to Sierra Leone on a rescue plane. They eventually sought asylum in America, where they settled with a family in High Point in North Carolina.

Last Mile Health and the Government of Liberia partnered to create and scale a National Community Health Assistant Program. This program has provided training and support for thousands of nurses, midwives, community health workers and physician assistants serving over 80% of rural Liberia. Nearly 1/3 of all malaria cases in Liberia are handled by workers from this program. They have also identified potential epidemics, increased vaccination coverage, skill birth attendance, and increased the number of children receiving medical treatment in Liberia’s remotest communities. Last Mile Health supports local partners in strengthening rural frontline and community healthcare workforces in almost 10 countries on three continents through advocacy, research, and service.

Panjabi was named one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune in 2015 and 2017, listed as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME in 2016 with a tribute from President Bill Clinton, one of TIME’s 50 Most Influential People in Health Care in 2018, and received the 2017 TED Prize. He was recognized by Bill Gates in his “Heroes in the Field” series. Panjabi is a recognized social entrepreneur, receiving an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2011, a Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Fellowship in 2013, the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year from the World Economic Forum in 2017. In 2015, Panjabi accepted the Clinton Global Citizen Award on behalf of Last Mile Health and numerous organizations for “their leadership and collective response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and their continued effort to improve the health and well-being of the affected communities.” In 2017, the Government of Liberia recognized Panjabi with one of Liberia’s highest civilian honors: Distinction of Knight Commander in the Most Venerable Order of the Pioneers of the Republic of Liberia.

Panjabi delivered the commencement address at the graduation of Harvard Medical School in 2015, titled “The Power of Selfless Acts”. He has delivered medical grand rounds at Harvard-teaching hospitals including Boston Children’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, and gave a keynote address at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 2019 National Forum.

Panjabi is most well-known as the founder and CEO of Last Mile Health. This non-profit organization works to save lives in remote communities. Panjabi co- founded the organization in 2007 with a small group of Liberian civil War survivors, American health workers, and $6,000 that he received as a wedding present.

Raj Panjabi Net Worth

Raj Panjabi is one of the richest Physician from Liberia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Raj Panjabi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Raj Panjabi, born February 3, 1981, is a doctor, social entrepreneur, and scholar. Last Mile Health is his co-founder. Panjabi is also an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Panjabi, a former medical student, returned to Liberia as a 2005 doctor’s assistant.

Panjabi was a co-author of the report Strengthening Primary Health Care through Community Health Workers: Investment Case and Financing Recommendations. The report found that extending the reach of the primary health care system by investing in CHW programs can deliver a high economic return—up to 10:1—and calls on government leaders, international financiers, donors, and the global health community broadly to take specific actions to support the financing and scale up of CHW programs across sub-Saharan Africa.

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In 2017, Panjabi and Last Mile Health received the $1 million TED Prize to launch the Community Health Academy, a global platform leveraging the power of digital technology to support countries to modernize the training of community health workers and health systems leaders. In collaboration with several partners and governments, the Community Health Academy has launched online and mobile courses for frontline health leaders and workers seeking to strengthen primary health care at the community level. The Academy’s leadership and clinical courses have enrolled over 50,000 community health leaders, health workers and others from 197 countries.

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Raj Ranked on the list of most popular Physician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Liberia. Raj Panjabi celebrates birthday on February 3 of every year.

Top Facts about Raj Panjabi

1. Raj Panjabi is a Liberian-American physician born in 1981.
2. He founded Last Mile Health, an organization that provides healthcare to remote communities.
3. Last Mile Health has served over 1 million people in Liberia and other countries.
4. Panjabi won the TED Prize in 2017 for his work with Last Mile Health.
5. He was named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2016.
6. Panjabi graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
7. He also holds degrees from Harvard University and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
8. In addition to his work with Last Mile Health, he serves as a professor at Harvard Medical School.
9. Panjabi has been recognized with numerous awards for his humanitarian efforts.
10. His goal is to train and support community health workers around the world to provide quality healthcare access for all.